OES Code: 580050

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR DISPATCHERS - EXCEPT POLICE, FIRE, & AMBULANCE

Dispatchers schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Their duties may include use of radio/telephone to transmit assignments and compile statistics and reports on the progress of work. Does not include Police, Fire and Ambulance Dispatchers.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
1,250	1,500	20%	250	130	380

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE DISPATCHERS - EXCEPT POLICE, FIRE, & AMBULANCE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
5511	Motor vehicle dealers (new & used)
7382	Security systems services
9030	Local government, except education
4931	Electric & other services combined
4212	Local trucking without storage
4841	Cable & other pay television services
7381	Detective, guard & armored car services
2711	Newspaper publishers
7389	Business services, all other
3273	Ready-mixed concrete manufacturers
4213	Trucking, except local
7342	Disinfecting & pest control services
4121	Taxicabs
1731	Electrical work contractors
4111	Local & suburban transit
7549	Auto services, exc repair & carwashes
4731	Arrangement of transportation of freight/cargo
7359	Equipment rental & leasing, all other
7363	Temporary help agencies
4215	Courier services, except by air
9010	Federal government
4119	Local passenger transportation, all other
4953	Refuse systems
5044	Office equipment, wholesale

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.